White 100% ramie natural fabric - sold by the half yard worsted including extant examples and paintings

including extant examples and paintings

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1995-1996 and 2000 included parts of doublets and bodices

yarn and fibre for each item

White 100% ramie natural fabric - sold by the half yard worsted including extant examples and paintings100% Ramie 54in (137cm) wide Approximately 80g sq m Ramie is a highly durable, lightweight, natural fabric woven from the fibres of a flowering plant in the nettle family Urticaceae, native to eastern Asia. It has been used since pre historic times in China, India and Indonesia, having been cultivated for over five thousand years, which makes it an older crop than cotton in many places. We recommend it for making very fine 'linen' garments for the